2020’s best actor in a British period drama revealed – as voted by you!

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British period dramas in 2020 gave us lots of memorable performances.

With most of us spending more time inside this year than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, at least the year was still packed with some wonderful British period dramas to watch.

On the big screen, where cinemas were open, highlights included George MacKay in 1917, Johnny Flynn in Emma, and Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Meanwhile, on television we were introduced to Nicholas Ralph in All Creatures Great and Small, and Claes Bang in Dracula, plus established actors such as Iain Glen in The Windermere Children, John Boyega in Small Axe, Philip Glenister in Belgravia, and Theo James in Sanditon.

All these alongside returning stars like Sam Heughan in Outlander, Shaun Evans in Endeavour, Josh O’Connor in The Crown, Mark Williams in Father Brown, and Robson Green in Grantchester.

Over the past few months, we asked you to vote for 2020’s best actor in a British period drama.

Now that we’ve counted up all 90,043 votes, we can reveal the Top 10, with the winning actor receiving over an incredible 64.14% of all the votes…

10. James Norton as Stephen Ward in ‘The Trial of Christine Keeler’

The Trial of Christine Keeler is available to watch on HBO Max.

10. James Norton as Stephen Ward in ‘The Trial of Christine Keeler’

9. Robson Green as Geordie in ‘Grantchester’

8. Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse in ‘Endeavour’

7. Rufus Sewell as Mark Easterbrook in ‘The Pale Horse’

6. Johnny Flynn as George in ‘Emma’

5. David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen in ‘Des’

4. Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles in ‘The Crown’

3. Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred in ‘The Last Kingdom’

2. Theo James as Sidney in ‘Sanditon’

1. Sam Heughan as Jamie in ‘Outlander’